Here are a few buildings that have been my " therapy"! The wind mill drove me crazy with the tiny screws and nuts. [ I thought "G" scale was big!] The tower is a loose rendition of KY or # 29 in Kansas. The depot is as close as the 3 Colorado Models kits would get me, bashing them together. Can't really see it well, but both structures have Evergreen styrene siding on them. I'll start trimming them out tomorrow with more styrene sections, windows, glass, shades, etc. G scale is so big, I can't possibly do a theme like Don has done with Newburg- I only have 3/4 acre! My idea is to model various buildings, rolling stock, loco's, etc., to satisfy my "fix" for Frisco. Dan
Update on New fixed plant construction Heres a few photos of the station, CUXON!! I started building Cuba, then Dixon, now, a mix of the two! I was concerned when I posted the first photos- the gray looked washed out. Boy, when I started trimming it out- WOW!! The station came alive! I hope the tower does the same. I have been waiting on parts from a Plastruct vendor. Now, I can continue on it. I have the Webster Groves Station planned out, but must wait a bit until I finish up a few projects, AND find the funds. Scratch building supplies have REALLY shot up in price, especially when you are in large scale. Later friends, Dan
Beautiful modeling! Ken, in order to read the numbers, right-click on the image and select either Open in New Tab or Open in New Window. The image will fill the screen.
Thanks for the compliments. Always good to motivate to do more! The train board was a fluke! I printed it on my inkjet, then glued it to a scrap piece of Evergreen plastic. I then dabbed the edges with a black Sharpie. Before it is over, it will get a coat of Dullcoat. I will frame it with .080 Evergreen 90' angle. I found a 1947 Rolla Sub timetable here and just used the Cuba times for arrival and departure. A bit of real in my small Frisco world- gotta love it! Dan
Keith - Yep. What I was commenting on is that I wish we could still see those train numbers (i.e the trains, #3, #9, #1, etc) again these days. Gone forever, in memory only. Ken
Re: New fixed plant construction:update Not quite done yet, but getting close. I am going to label it " Fremont". Fremont was a station/town on the Frisco in South-central Missouri.It was also the name of the last street we lived on in Springfield before moving to StL. [ my own world!!] I must eliminate one of my activities so I can concentrate on RailRoading!! Dan
Dan, I am very familiar with Fremont. Over the past 36 years, I have been through there more times than I can count. I have to admit that I was unaware of rail presence there before spending time reading through most every post that is accessible on this site. From the available satellite images, we can now track the old right of way by its lineation marked by lines of trees or just the impression left on the landscape.
That old right o' way does stick out, doesn't it? Even after years of abandonment, you can follow it pretty much ALLLL the way. Cool stuff! Dan
